Olaette Gennett Jury Cerny

- 1990

• Name	Olaette Gennett Jury Cerny
  Nickname	Lottie
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Nov 1990	Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
  Buried	30 Nov 1990	Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
  Person ID	I2797	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Family	Joseph Cerny,   b. 24 Jun 1904, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 21 Sep 1994, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi  (Age 90 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1935	Dover, Bureau County, Illinois
  Children	1. Mary H Cerny Park   2. Joseph Cerny, Jr.,   b. 24 Apr 1936   3. Jan Edwin Cerny
  Documents		Marriage- Jury, Lottie-Cerny, Joseph Rossville friends will be interested to know that Joseph Cerny is to be married Sunday, to Miss Lottie Jury at Dover, Ill. Mr. Cerny is a son of Mrs. Henrietta Cerny, who lives north of Rossville. He is a certified public accountant with the KERC. After entering the school of Business at K.U. he completed his Ph D. work in Economics at the University of Illinois. Miss Jury has received her M.A. degree from the University of Illinois. They will make their home in Topeka.
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019 02:35:51
  Family ID	F1053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Cerny, Olaette Olaette Cerny Mrs. Olaette Gennett Jury Cerny, 82, died Monday, November 26, 1990, at her residence at Oxford, Miss. Mrs. Cerny was a retired school teacher. She was a 1929 graduate of Knox College in Illinois with a BA in Latin and Greek. She earned a Master’s degree in English at the University of Illinois in 1932. In 1929, she received the Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Debate Award. She taught English at the Chicago Inner-City High School. She taught at the University of Mississippi from 1945 to 1947; at Campground and Water Valley High School from 1948 to 1962. She taught English and Latin at Oxford High School from 1962 until her retirement in 1971. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Oxford since 1948, where she was a member of the Annie Fulton Hume Circle. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Cerny, who was born and raised at Rossville and lived there until 1935; one daughter, Mary of Oxford; two sons, Joseph Cerny, III, Berkeley, Calif.; and Jan Edwin Cerny, Oakland, Calif.; and six grandchildren. Services were Friday, November 30, at First Presbyterian Church at Oxford with the Reverend Sam Marshall and Dr. Murphy Wilds officiating. Burial was at Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Waller Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be sent to First Presbyterian Church, 924 Van Buren Avenue, Oxford, Miss. 38655; the American Cancer Society; or the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library, 401 Bramlett Boulevard, Oxford, Miss. 38655